Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs
In material science, the enhancement of a specific material performance is often accompanied by undermining another material property, notoriously known as the performance tradeoffs, such as that between strength and toughness, stiffness and energy dissipation, and flexibility and fast response. Fre...
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| description | In material science, the enhancement of a specific material performance is often accompanied by undermining another material property, notoriously known as the performance tradeoffs, such as that between strength and toughness, stiffness and energy dissipation, and flexibility and fast response. Free combinations of material properties that go beyond these performance tradeoffs are highly desirable in areas as diverse as civil engineering, soft robotics, armor designs, and reconfigurable metamaterials. Learning from nature, we 3D print architected materials with bio-inspired microstructures that successfully surpass the above performance tradeoffs. The integration of microstructural elements on multiple length scales (hierarchical designs) and on one specific length scale (hybrid designs) are further discussed and compared. Through experimental and theoretical analysis, we reveal that the performance enhancements stem from the material architecture's significant manipulation over the deformation field, crack location, and crack pattern. This study on the relationship between material microstructure and material performance will aid architected material design with ideal combinations of mechanical properties. Keywords: Structure-property relationships, Performance tradeoffs, Biomimetics, Architected materials, Hierarchical materials |
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| spelling | doaj.art-550ac9c18c75487c9dae64af5b3c22462022-12-21T22:51:59ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752019-04-01168Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffsZian Jia0Yang Yu1Lifeng Wang2Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; Department of Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; Corresponding author.In material science, the enhancement of a specific material performance is often accompanied by undermining another material property, notoriously known as the performance tradeoffs, such as that between strength and toughness, stiffness and energy dissipation, and flexibility and fast response. Free combinations of material properties that go beyond these performance tradeoffs are highly desirable in areas as diverse as civil engineering, soft robotics, armor designs, and reconfigurable metamaterials. Learning from nature, we 3D print architected materials with bio-inspired microstructures that successfully surpass the above performance tradeoffs. The integration of microstructural elements on multiple length scales (hierarchical designs) and on one specific length scale (hybrid designs) are further discussed and compared. Through experimental and theoretical analysis, we reveal that the performance enhancements stem from the material architecture's significant manipulation over the deformation field, crack location, and crack pattern. This study on the relationship between material microstructure and material performance will aid architected material design with ideal combinations of mechanical properties. Keywords: Structure-property relationships, Performance tradeoffs, Biomimetics, Architected materials, Hierarchical materialshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127519300875 |
| spellingShingle | Zian Jia Yang Yu Lifeng Wang Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs Materials & Design |
| title | Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
| title_full | Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
| title_fullStr | Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
| title_short | Learning from nature: Use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
| title_sort | learning from nature use material architecture to break the performance tradeoffs |
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